Piano Note

So, you’ve been thinking about taking piano lessons. And you’re a beginner. You probably think you’ll begin your piano lessons studies with note-reading and triads. And you’d be right!

Most piano teachers begin their students out on some obscure method book that drags out the teaching process. This makes your piano teacher rich and you a much poorer piano player.

You may be thinking there’s a better way to learn piano. And you’d be right again! Listen to this. What if there was a method a way to play piano right away using a modern sounding chord? And what if you could use this chord to create your OWN music instead of playing Kum ba ya 40-50 times for practice.

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Do you know why the guitar is the most popular instrument in the world? It’s because it’s easy for a complete beginner to pick it up and actually create something most of us can call music right away.

Do you think a beginning piano student can do this? Not really. That’s why learning how to play chord piano is becoming so popular. Most students don’t want to wait years before they can create music. They want to be creative like their guitarist counterparts - and why not?

Learning how to play chord piano is actually easier then playing chords on a guitar. It’s because you don’t have to hurt your fingers on the strings. No finger calluses here. Not at all.

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What is it that a beginner at the piano wants to do? They want to make music! It might be classical, jazz, or something else, but one thing’s for sure; they don’t want to spend months studying boring theory.

What if instead of studying note reading, beginners piano lessons were focused on the student actually learning how to create music? Just imagine the excitement when the notes and chords played are all original and express what is actually being felt.

I don’t know why piano teachers start their students off on note reading. It’s boring, unnecessary for most students, and really doesn’t help the student create anything at all. In fact, you could say that by learning to note read, students are

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Have you just bought a guitar or are you thinking of getting one, but you just do not have the first clue on how to strike a chord? If so, getting guitar lessons is definitely something you should consider.

It may be that you can even play a little bit already, but taking guitar lessons can still help to improve your playing abilities and your confidence.

The lessons that are available are categorized in nine different sections -

- The basics
- Technique
- Chords
- Scales
- Tuning
- Music Theory
- Music Styles
- Guitar Tech
- Forming a band

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Most students try too hard. They really want to be able to improvise. To sit down at the piano and express through music. But they try too hard and miss the point of it all. It doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, improvisation should be a joy. If it isn’t you are doing something wrong.

Here’s a simple method to get you going. Look at Lesson 3: “Rainforest.” Here we have a strategy for successful improvisation. The left-hand takes care of the background while the right is free to create whatever it wants from the G Major scale - an excellent method for beginners.

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